A reader in the USA forwarded me this scam. Clearly the writer has never been to the UK. Be sensible here – nobody is really going to pay $4000 a month for just a few hours work to someone they don’t know. This scammer is hoping to take money from you.

These scams usually work something like this. The scammer sends you a “cheque” , tells you to deposit it and forwarded some of the money to someone else. You do. The original deposit is then withdrawn by the bank because it was made with a stolen cheque or card. You are left out of pocket. Ignore this scammer.